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Developer QGC has now spent $14.9 billion of a $20 billion total in developing its Queensland Curtis LNG Project.

Gas project creates 11,000 jobs at 15 workers a day

A GIANT gas project under construction near Gladstone has now eclipsed 11,000 workers after hiring at least 15 people every day for the past six months.

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Winter is a week away and firefighters issue warnings

TOO many fires started from heaters and other electrical goods being not properly maintained or misused

Old world charm on show at Raglan Fly In event

EVER gone for a joyride in an old-fashioned aircraft? Or seen the workings of heritage machinery? It’s all part of the world on offer at Raglan’s Old Station.

Kaitlin Weekes

NRG Power workers walk off job over manning issues

WORKERS at NRG Gladstone Power Station have walked off the job, taking industrial action this morning at 7.30am.

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Taiko drummers prepare for Boomtown production

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Rules Beach pedestrian walkway dispute

RULES BEACH: Last week work begun on creating...

Gas leak in Central Lane

A gas leak has been reported in Central Lane,...

The 2013 Observer Home and Leisure Expo

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The scene of last year's fatality at Tinbeerwah.

Ipswich teen charged with manslaughter over Noosa crash

NOOSA detectives have arrested and charged an 18-year-old Ipswich man in relation to a fatal crash on Cooroy-Noosa Road at Tinbeerwah last year.

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SHOULD drivers have to resit written or practical tests every five or 10 years to renew their licences?

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Bob Baldwin believes abolishing the carbon tax will reduce the cost of travelling with Australian airlines.

Coalition plans carbon tax cut to decrease flight costs

ABOLISHING the carbon tax to reduce domestic flight costs would be the first step the Federal Shadow Tourism Minister would make if his government takes office.

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PLASTIC guns made using a 3D printer have the potential to kill, New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has warned.

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'Undetectable' printed 3D guns have real potential to kill

FORMER prime minister Bob Hawke has paid tribute to his late ex-wife Hazel, who died on Thursday after a long battle with dementia.

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More than a wife and mother: Bob pays tribute to Hazel

AUSTRALIA'S youngest MP Wyatt Roy has come out in support of same-sex marriage just days after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his change of heart.

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Wyatt Roy follows Kevin Rudd in backing gay marriage

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Raising the roof for mining employment

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Police Minister Jack Dempsey speaks at Queensland's gun amnesty

Police Minister Jack Dempsey speaks at...

Peter Slipper outside Canberra Magistrates Court

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Landfill sites generate gas well after closure.

Wet conditions put hold on landfill ability to take rubbish

4.15pm: WORK is being carried out at the Gracemere Landfill this afternoon with the view of having the facility open to the public as usual over the weekend.

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POLICE have extended their search for missing Rockhampton pair to the wider Parkhurst area near the Music Bowl in Yaamba Road.

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Search underway near Music Bowl for missing Rockhampton duo

The Morning Bulletin is looking for people to join its new online Bully Book Club.

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Calling all Rocky region bookworms for online book club

<strong> OPINION: </STRONG> WINTER is officially one week away. Normally, I love winter. But right at this moment in time, not so much.

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I normally love winter, but right at this moment, not so

Earthmoving equipment repairs the bridge over the Lockyer Creek which was completely swept away.

TMM Group purchases mining stalwart Windsor Earthmoving

BRISBANE'S TMM Group has further expanded its business buying the Central Queensland’s Windsor Earthmoving Contractors.

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WITH Cane2Coral just over two months away, competitors are ramping up their training.

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Cane2Coral dashing into town at a rapid rate

Coles will celebrate the re-opening of its Bundaberg store after the floods by donating all of the profits from opening day.

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Coles to donate profits of opening day to flood charity

A 16-year-old boy has received non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car this morning.

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Teen hit by car on Elliott Heads Rd

Henry and husband Phil Homer outside the old butcher shop on Barfield Station sorting through sale items. They are 4th and 5th generation members of the Homer family to have lived and worked on the station. The station was established in 1893 and hundreds of historic pieces used the family and workers will go under the hammer on Saturday May 25. Photo Contributed

Hoard of antiques and collectables go under the hammer

Banana family sell off 120 years of history from Barfield Station

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Xstrata axe hits port; Wandoan mine in court

THE newly-merged Glencore-Xstrata has again been forced to deny it will dump...

ROB Torr said it has been a long time since his family have been to the Whitsundays.

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Family plans a Whitsunday break after chance win

LIONS, elephants and giraffes are not exactly wildlife associated with Biloela but residents have helped wildlife from both Zimbabwe and Australia this month.

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Funds help workers

Bob Evetts looks at a photo of the Elizabeth E ii.

Sad day looms for former owner of Elizabeth E II

THE former owner of the Elizabeth E II will watch as the luxury charter boat he piloted through Queensland waters is auctioned off to the highest bidder.

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AN ECLECTIC group of social media-savvy competition winners joined Australian personalities in the Whitsundays for Hamilton Island’s Ultimate Instameet.

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Instameet images draw global audience to Hamo

ABOUT 200 CQUniversity staff members will lose their jobs by the end of July in a bid to improve the institution’s ongoing financial woes.

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About 200 CQU staff members to lose their jobs by July

AUSSIE great Duncan Armstrong did not shy away from expressing his views on the Australian swimming team’s mediocre performance at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Coaches were to blame for the swim team's performance

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If you want to get on board with the latest facial-hair fashion, you don’t need to spend hours on grooming

Forget pigtails, cat beards are all the rage, it seems

If you want to get on board with the latest facial-hair fashion, all you need is a cat.

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Rebecca Armstrong

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NASA is funding the development of a machine capable of cooking a Mars-gherita at the push of a button. In space, hit Ctrl+P for pizza.

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Hungry? Print a pepperoni pizza

A STRANGE light spotted on the western horizon of the Fraser Coast on Monday evening is most likely a planetary alignment, say Hervey Bay astronomy enthusiasts.

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No UFO but planets align, according to astronomy enthusiasts

A MAN who swore at police as they conducted an RBT came before Gladstone Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of public nuisance and obstructing police.

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Public nuisance yells at RBT police to 'do some work'

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